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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-11-03

to the Constitution, are limitations on the
powers of the Federal Government and not
upon the States, and SO far as the Anarch-
lists rely upon any thing contained in
those amendments that they nave no
standing in the Supreme Court
of the United States. The Fourteenth
anne ndment, he argued, was equally
foreign to any right, privilege or immunity
claimed by the petitioners. That amend
ment declared that no State shall make or
enforce any law which shall abridge the
privileges or imlnunities of citizens of the
United States, nor shall any State deprive
any person of life, liberty or property
without due process of law, nor deny to
any person within it's jurisdiction the
equal protection of the laws. But the
record showed that the complaint is not
that the State has made or is enforcing
law which deprives the petitioners of any
of the privileges or immunities guaranteed
by that section, but that they are deprived
of rights by an erroneous construction OF
law placed upon it by the trial court Of
the State The petitioners did not CT aim
in the Supreme Court at Ottawa that
the Illinois jury law was repugnant to
the Constitution, treaties or laws
of the United States; nor that the
authority of the State Supreme Court was
exercised un0eF Oub bQab LI0 law was
valid, and that the court exercised its
power in violation of that law. The
Anarchists were tried in the courts of the
State, under the laws of the State, and
that constituted "due process of law"
''Due proc ass of law" meant in accordance
with the laws of the land. Coming 20 the
question of the competency Of the Illinois
juror with preconceived opinion as
to the guilt of the accused. Attor-
ney-General Hunt insisted that the
personnel of the jury which tried the
accused could not properly be submitted
to the court or be considered by it in this
proceeding. He defended the jury laws of
Illinois. They were constitutional and in
keeping with the changed condition of the
laws. In these days of newspapers and
telegraphs it was difficult to find in
telligent men who were not familiar with
everyday occurrences. Similar laws
were in force in a number of other States.
The position into which we would be
driven by counsel on the other side, who
inveighed against the constitutionaIity of
these later-day jury laws, is that the
principles of common law of one hundred
wears ago, which debarred from jury
duty men who had formed an opinion, must
govern for all time to come. Can it be,
he exclaimed, that we must depend on
Jurors whose only qualifications were
ignorance or stupidity, and it seemed to
him that the position opposing counsel
had assumed favored this conclusion. At
four O'Clock the court adjourned till to.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-11-03

s., 900 to $40, 900 side, within three months
from January 8, 1888. He will send a for
felt of $500.
SIR WILFRED BLUNT, who was arrested
at Woodford, Ireland, for speaking at a
proclaimed meeting, was found guilty OF
violating the Irish Crimes act, and SEN
fenced to two months Imprisonment. No.
tice of appeal was given by defendants
counsel.
IT is stated that Prince Ferdinand of
Bulgaria has advanced 500, 200 from his
private fortune to the Bulgarian Treas
ury to hasten the completion of railways.
SYSTEMATIC robbing of freight cars on
the Southern Pacific railroad has been GO
ing on for six months between Tuscon,
Ariz., and Ell Paso. Detectives have ar
rested j. Griffith, freight conductor, and
Charles Eddy and j. Burchmel, freight
brakemen. The evidence pointed strong
ly to them. All confessed their guilt and
implicated others.
The New York health authorities claim
there is no danger of cholera from the re-
Gently arrived immigrants.
A LARGE crowd gathered at Richmond,
Va, on the 9th, to witness the corner
stone ceremonies of the Lee Monument
Association.
THE Panhandle road paid $1,000 as a
compromise for the killing of Joseph Rich
and child, the injury of his wife and the
loss of team. The accident was the re-
suit of fast running at q bad crossing.
THE first reunion of Ricketts, Battery,
commanded by Colonel r. Bruce Rick
etts, was held at Harrisburg, Pa, on the
9th. The veterans elected officers and
formed permanent organization.
REAR-ADMIRAL j. w. A. NICHOLSON, o..
s. N, died in New York on the 2Sth.
TRAIN wreckers threw a Rock Island
train from the track, near Morris, ILL.,, on
the night of the 9th, killing two men.
JAMES DoNNELLY convicted in 1885 as an
Irish dynamiter, died in Cheaham prison,
England on the 2Sth.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-04
THE FISHERIES QUESTION.

The Premier of Canada Declares That
Canada Has Acted Strictly Within the
Limits of the Treaty of 1918.
New YORK, Jan. ga special from OF
tawa, Ont, says: Your correspondent
called upon tho Canadian Premier yester-
day, and this is what Sir John Macdonald
said: 81 regret very much that Congress
has gone so far. feel confident that there
is some misrepresentation in the United
States. Here in Canada we wish to live In
peace and harmony with our neighbor across
the border. We have our fishing treaty
which was framed by representatives of
Great Britain and the United States
in 1918. We consider that we have
only acted as the treaty comedies
we may. The people Of the United States
ought to be willing to allow as the treaty
rights which their own representatives
granted The Canadian Government has
acted according to law. 1t has referred its
acts and reasons therefor to the Imperial
Government of Great Britain. 1t sees no
reasons to change its views, no matter what
may take place in other Countries
Then you are willing to say that Canada
will not recede from its present pOsition!"
Eyes, Canada's position is fixed, regard
less Of what may be done in the United
Statesn
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-04
WANT IT VETOED.
The knights of Labor Petition the President
to Veto the Interstate Commerce bill
~.;.

The knights of Labor Petition the President
to Veto the Interstate Commerce Bill
Their Reasons.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-The legislative
committee of the Knights of Labor last
night handed the President the following
communication, urging him to veto the
Interstate Commerce bill:
WASHINGTON, Jan. &c. 1887.
Grorc- C'ereldnd, President ofths United States:
MIR. PRESIDENT: This committee represent
ing the largest body Of organized workers in
the Nation, numbering, as they do with their
dependents, over five million or nearly one
tenth Of the whole population and in interest,
three -fourths OF them, in the United States.
desire to call your attention to Senate bill No.
1.Sss land known as bill to regulate inter-
State commerce).
First, VIC desire to say that on one side OF the
great questions that are involved IN this bill
are a large body OF producers and consumers
who are simple in their habits Of life and their
methods OF doing business, and poor in purse,
and from their habits and methods OF living,
they desire to have the laws made simple and
plain; tina. they may be able to present their
claims before the courts of the land. without
having to contend with legal technicalties and
determinations arising out of their inability to
pay for the ablest legal talent in the
land. In this respect the present bill, as it has
passed the Senate and Honse, is the acme Of
legal subterfuge. Therefore, we desire to call
your attention TO this and a few other objec-
tionable features Of this bill. We regard the
following objections as fundamental:
FirSt-The commission clause.
Second-The arbitrary power conferred upon
the commission.
Third-The exclusive jurisdiction given to
the Federal courts to hear and determine
causes arising under the act.
Fourth-The acknowledged uncer tainty as
to the meaning Of nearly all Of the provisions Of
the bill.
In behalf of our constituents we respectfully
ask you to veto tho bill. We remain yours re-
spectfully, RALPH BEAUMONT.
JOHN j. MCCARTNEY,
JAMES CAMPBELL,
National IeCislafiYe Committee of K Of I.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-04
vAGARIES OF SUPERSTITION.
Queer Act OF . German Girl Mt Decatur,

TOLoN, ILL.,, Jan. 2S-Carrie Stern, a
conely German lass, came here year ago
from the old country in company with her
sister and two other girls. She has lived
in various families, the last being Ben Jor-
dams, two miles northwest of ToiOno. God
fried Minthur, an ambitious young German,
residing with 7. +. Adams, in PeSotum
Township, has nearly all this time paid
court to Carrie, and at last they went to
Decatur together to be married. After
some delays they sought out the
County Clerk and requested a mar
riage license. That official, finding Carrie
was only seventeen years old, ques-
toned her closely, and found that she had
changed her mind and really did not want
to marry. The license was refused and
Minthur returned to TolOno this afternoon.
Mss Stern's only real cause for desiring to
avoid the marriage which she had herself
assisted to arrange, is a peculiar one. Soon
after her arrival here from Germany she
and some other girls consulted fortune
teller at the Tolono House, who had told
her that within year she would run away
with man and then not marry him. She
believes that all else must be sacrificed if
necessary to verify the prophecy of the
old bag. She is at present with friends In
Decatur. German society, both here and
there, is terribly agitated over the matter.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-04

What the National Divorce Reform League
Claims to Have Accomplished.
BOsroN, Jan. 26.-Rev. Samuel W. Dixie,
secretary of the National Divorce Reform
League, sums up the leagues work for
the six years Of its existence as follows:
Maine has struck her old loose laws from
her statute books and put radically diff
ferent law in its place reducing divorces
fully onc-half. New Hampshire has COL
lected her statistics and regulated
the domicile Of applicants for di-
vorce. Vermont has made sew
eral changes for the better.
Massachusetts has provided for an excel
lent collection of statistics and forbidden
the advertising of divorces. In Connecti-
cut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Ohio,
the Governors have urged reform. In
most Of the States, as well as in Mime
sofa and the District of Columbia, or
ganized work has begun. New Jersey and
Indiana now collect statistics of divorces.
The Bar Association of New York and
others are urging change. The laws of
Illinois forbid the advertising of divorces.
and Chicago has prohibited the hearing of
divorce cases in chambers
The most important gains have been
made in the education Of the people as to
the importance of the family in the State
and Nation. Mr.. Dixie does not think that
any more than fair beginning has been
made toward the work before the League.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-04
A BALTIMORE MYSTERY.

Tho Mu.ilated Remains OF Youn. Man
Found Packed In Trunk Received from
New York at tho Adams Express Office In
Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Jan. 27-A CHASTITY dis
covery was made here at the principal Of
nee OF the Adams Express Company IN
this city. The '.find" was tho result of a
sickening odor being emitted from q
trunk, which, when broken open, was
found to contain the dead body of q man.
Superintendent James A. Shut-~ "f the
express company fastened to police head
quarters, and laid the case before CHE:
Frye. Mr.. Shutter stated that the marks
on the trunk, and waybill, showed that it
had been shipped from New York City on
Saturday night last 1t reached Calvert
station in this city on Sunday morning
and lay at the station until Monday morn
ing. when it was brought the Baltimore
street Office.
The trunk was consigned to John A Will
son, Baltimore, Nd, to be callci for. 1t
was put in the cellar Tuesday. Yesterday
morning the porters employed in the cell
lars detected disagreeable order which,
as the day wore on, became unbearable.
The porters had been in the habit Of feed
ing poison to tho large family Of rodents
which infest the cellar and attributed the
smell to dead rats. Mr. Shutters atter-
ton was finally called to it, and he con-
cluded that tho stencil came from n trunk.
He ordered the trunk to be broken open.
and was Mortified to see the dead body of
q man.
Marshal Frye sent the patrol wagon to
the Adams express Office and had the
trunk and its ghastly contents removed to
the back yard of the Central station.
Coroner Hill was sent for, and W hen nc ar
rived the body was taken from the trunk.
1t was found that the head, left arm and
both legs were missing. The right arm
was doubled up under the back. The left
arm had been cut Off at the shoulder, and
the legs close to the body. The body was
thus mutilated. it is supposed, in order to
get it in the trunk.
coat was thrown over the corpse. It
was cutaway, made of mixed gray and
black diagonal material The coat collar
was sa'ur .t"l with blood. Four bu srness
CARTS were fcrni in the pockets, inscribed
as follows: ''Henry Siogel, meat market,
POS Throop avenue, near Floyd street,
Brooklyn, E. D."
On the bottom Of the shirt-f-ont was the
name &C. kanfhold."
Further examination Of the marks on
the trunk shows that it was delivered to
the Adams Express in New York by the
Westcotte Express Company, which has
Offices at No. 3 Park Place, 3l4 Canal
street, 7S5 Broadway, New York, and at
1888 Washington street and 80 Fulton
street, Brooklyn. The body is evidently
that Of young man. 1t il now at the
City hospital, and will be kept as long rs
possible, pending an investigation by the
New York and Brooklyn police, who have
been notified. The police here think that
John A. Wilson," to whom the trunk was
addressed, was an alias or myth.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-04
Bleral ON Trial.

NEW YORK, Jan. Elm the trial Of Louis
Bieral, the EXCLUSIONS inspector, who shot
and dangerously wounded Customs Sur
veyor Bcattie on November l, yesterday,
the fact that Bieral had been discharged
from the service and the subsequent fierce
attack upon the surveyor by the prisoner
were proved substantially as related in the
newspapers at the time. The line Of de-
Tense was insanity. The chief witness in
behalf OF the prisoner was General
Daniel E. Sickles, who testified that Bieral
was brave soldier; that he was wounded
In the head at Balls Bluff. and that after
his discharge from the customs service he
was very much depressed and talked wildly
about his family starving.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-04
PARLIAMENT OPEN.

Synopsis OF the Queens Speech RcaS by
Lord High Chancellor Hslsbury at the
Opening OF the British Parliament.
LONDON, Jan. 2I-Parliament WIS
opened to-day. The speech from the
throne was read by Lord Halsbury, the
Lord High Chancellor. Referring to the
relations of Great Britain with the other
Powers, Her Majesty declares that they
were never more friendly than at present.
affairs in southeastern Europe Her
Majesty continues, 'remnin unsettled, but
[ do not apprehend a disturbance of the
peace Of Europe from the present unad
iusted controversies in that region" Re
ferring to the Bulgarian dispute, the
Queen says: '.While deploring the events
compelling Prince AlexaDder's retirement,
do not judge it expedient to interfere
with the proceedings looking to the
election of his successor until they
arrive at stage, at which my assent is
required, under the provisions of the Ber-
lin treaty" With regard to Egypt, the
Queen says: sour task in Egypt has not
yet been accomplished, but substantial
advance has been made in the establish
ment Of external and internal tranquility
IN the affairs Of that country" ''Bands
If marauders have long been infesting
Upper Burmah, but they have been dis
persed, and many Of the leaders have laid
Town their arms. l am confident that a
general pacification will be attained dur
ing the present season" The esti-
mates to be submitted to Par
lament for the ensuing year have
Dcen framed with careful regard to
economy and efficiency Of the public serv-
ice." THE condition Of Ireland still re-
luires anxious attention. Grave crimes
have been, happily. rarer in that country
turing the last few months than for any
similar period Of the preceding year, but
the relations of the owners and occupiers
Of the land, which in the early autumn ex-
hibited numerous signs OF improvement,
nave since been seriously disturbed in
some districts by organized attempts to
incite the latter to combine against the
fulfillment Of their legal obligations. The
Efforts of the government to cope with this
.vil have been seriously impeded by the
difficulties incident to the methods at
present prescribed bv the statutes
for dealing with such offenses.
Your early attention will be
called to proposals to reform the legal
procedure which seems necessary to Sc
cure prompt and efficient administra-
lion Of the criminal law" "Bills for the i'm
provement Of the local government Of En-
gland and Scotland will soon be submit
ted. and should circumstances render it
possible they will be followed by meas
ures dealing with the same subject in Ire
land. Measures will also 0e presented IA
:ilitating land transfers, altering the
mode of levying tithes, amending the pro-
cedure in criminal courts of Scotland,
dealing with the regulation Of railways,
and preventing the fraudulent use of
trade marks.r
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-04
Texas DestitutiOn.

FORT WORTH, Tex, Jan. 27.-Reports from
drouth-stricken districts say: In the last
few days the county judges have been be-
siegcd by the unfortunate people of the
district. In Stephens County they come by
scores to the court house, and the women
were crying, saying, Judge, we are hun
gry,' when he deals out q few quarts
Of corn-all that he has to givo-and on
which they subsist. At Albany the relief
committee has been dispensing cornmeal
only, but Brown, the relief agent, for
w~rded several hundred dollars on Satur-
day, which will enable the committee to do
better. Brown says he would not have
called On the Red Cross Society 3u: for the
slow movement Of Texas in af,OrdinR relief.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-04
Tho President. Reception.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2S-The Presidents
reception to the Senators and Rebresenta-
tives of Congress and the judiciary last
night was quite well attended, but en-
tirely free from the crowding seen on
similar occasions. At no time during the
evening were the various parlors NOR
the Presidential party came down the
staircase and formed in reception line in
the red room. The justices Of the Supreme
Court Immediately entered, led by Chief
Justice Waite. Senators and Representa-
tives followed. At 1913 the Presidentia.
party made tour through the east room
and retired to the private pastors. By
eleven O'Clock all were homeward bound.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-04
A Middle In New Mexico.

NEW YORK. Jan. 36.-The Stars special
from Santa Fe says that Governor Ross
yesterday vetoed measure passed by the
Republican majority in the Senate for tho
unseating Of Democrat in favor of Re-
publican. Tho Democrats left the Senate
in body when the vote was taken, and
the Territorial Secretary refused to swear
in the Republican member who had been
voted in. He was sworn in by the pres;-
dent Of the Senate. Governor Ross has
now refused to recognize the Senate as
now constituted, only six out Of the twelve
members having voted to unseat the one
man in favor of the other. The Governor
will assume military control and tele.
graph to Washington for instructions.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-04
A bold Detective.

PoRr ARTHUR, Ont, Jan. 2S.-Mounted
police report terrible fight between the
Hoadley gang Of counterfeiters and st.
Paul detective by the name Of Frank
8. Dare. who was employed some
months ago by the Canadian Gov
eminent to capture the gang dead or
alive, Offering him $4,000 and all ex-
penses. The police say that last Monday
Dare came upon the outlaws. James
Pearson, Thomas Matthews and Thomas
Doyle were killed. The rest of the band
were captured by the police. The police
state that Dare displayed wonderful
strength in tho fight, fairly lifting one OF
the band in his arms and bringing him
down with such force as to kill him.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-04
Susplci0us BOnbons.

NEW YoRK, Jan. 2S.-Friends Of Arch
bishop Corrigan say he has received many
threats of violence since the Nicely mn
trouble arose. Wednesday package W as
delivered at the ArchbishOp's door. The
servants suspected dynamite and handled
it carefully 1t was found to contain bon
bons, and with it was a card inscribed;
'sWith the compliments Of well-know u
physician living near by" Tn inquiry il
was found that the doctor had not sent
the box, and knew nothing of it. The bon
bons were sent to chemist for analysis.
The inmates of the archbishop's palace
refuse to talk as to the result of the
analysis
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-04
Interesting Proceedings.

WAsHINGroS. Jan. 8.-The telephone
arguments in the United States Supreme
Court are proving drawing cards for the
public, and the attendance increases daily.
When Mr.. G. P. Lowrey, for the Molecular
Company, arose to-day to continue his ar
gument (begun yesterday, tho hall inside
the bar was crowded with attorneys, and
the tables, desks, ETC., were crowded with
telephone models. The entire court room
was soon filed to OVERLOOKING As Mr..
Lowrey speaks he gives object lessons and
oral demonstrations by means Of the mod
els. At times three or four lawyers are on
their feet, assisting in the demonstrations
to the justices.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-02-04
COllepsNa ResumS

WIN xEsBARRE, Pa. Jan. 29-The Wilkes
barre Record IL authorized to announce that
all the collieries Of the Lehigh and Wilkes
barre Coal Company will resume operations
tomorrow at their full capacity. This will
include all the collieries Of the Red Ash
Coal Company, whose coal is taken by the
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Company. In view
Of the fact that most Of the c6lleries have
worked but two days this month the news
Il particularly acceptable in this region,
This step is made possible by reason Of the
company having succeeded in overcoming
the labor difficulties at Port johnson. The
vast quantity of coal that is side-tracked in
this region will be forwarded to Port john
son tomorrow as fast as it can.